Bottle-stopper.



PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906. S. EVANS. BOTTLE STOPPER. APPLICATION FILED NOV.I, 1905. 1

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 13, 1906.

Application filed November I 1905. Serial No. 285,410.

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL EVANS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the county of Washington, State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle- Stoppers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,-

clear, and exact description of the invention,

' such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

This invention relates to bottle-stoppers.

One object of the invention is to rovide an exceedingly simple,inexpensive, urable, and efficient stopper for bottles.

Another object resides in the provision of a bottle-stopper embodyingsuch characteristics that the stopper and its bail, together with theoperating-lever, may be readily detached from the neck of the bottle.

With the above and other objects in view the present invention consistsin the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing-anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure '1 is a front elevation of the invention appliedto a bottle. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, thereference character 1 indicates a bottle of any form, whose neck 2 isprovided with oppositely-disposed recesses 3 and 4, with which lattercommunicate the downwardly-converging grooves 5 and 6, respectively. Itwill be observed that the recesses are deeper thanany parts of thegrooves and that the grooves are deeper near the recesses than. at theirouter ends. The opposite walls 7 of each groove converge toward eachother, whereby the operating-lever hereinafter described may be readilydisengaged from the recesses and grooves.

The sto per proper is designated by the reference cliaracter 9 and ispivotally mounted upon the bight portion 10 of the bail. 11, whose legs12 and 13 have their free extrem I ity directed inwardly, as at 14and'15, re-

spectively, to form projections for the support of-the operating-lever16. This 0 eratin -lever is composed of a single piece 0 suitto formspaced members 17 and 18, each member being twisted to form an eye 19for loose engagement upon the corresponding projections 14 and 15 of thebail, whence each member has its free extremity directed toward theother to form oppositely-disposed fingers 20 and 21, adapted to beseated in the corresponding recesses 3 and 4.

When the stopper is arranged within the open end of the neck of thebottle, the lever the neck, and when it isdesired to open the bottle byremoving the stopper it is simply necessary to force the operating-lever16 upwardly, causing removal of the stopper. In the event that it shouldbe desired to disengage the stopper, bail, and operating-lever from thebottle it would be simply necessary to force the operating-leverupwardly, when in the neck of the bottle. Then by pressure upon theoppositely-disposed fingers 20 and 21 of the operating-lever the saidthree elements would be disengaged from the bottle, for the reason thatthe said fingers would slide down the downwardly --directed convergentgrooves 5 and 6, the lower narrowed ends of the rooves facilitating theoperation.

What is c aimed is- 1. The combination with a bottle provided with aneck having oppositely disposed downwardlydirected, convergent groovesand a recess formed at the upper end of each groove, a bottle-stopperarranged for cooperation with the open'end of the neck of the bottle, abail upon' which the stopper is mounted; of an operating -'leverplvotally mounted upon the bail and having op ositelydisposed fingersfor en agement in the corresponding recesses of t e neck, whereby the"stopper, bail and operating-lever may be 'disengaged from the bottle.

2. In a bottle-stopper, the combination oppositely-disposed .converginggrooves and I a recess at one end of each groove, the rethe stopperwould be swung out of its seat.

with a bottle provided with a neck havin ab e material and bentintermediate its ends 16 is in engagement with the outer surface ofcesses being deeper than the grooves and the In testimony whereof Iaffix my signdture grooves being deeper near the recesses than 1npresence of two witnesses.-

at their 0 osite ends of astopper a bail coni nected the stop er; and anoperating-le- SAMUEL EVANS ver having opposite ydisposed inwardly-di-Witnesses:

rected fingers for engagement in the corre- WM. A. HARRIS, spondingrecesses and grooves. EDWARD HARRIS.

